Guardiola admits he and his gamers don’t deserve a bonus this season

Pep Guardiola says no-one at Manchester Metropolis, himself included, deserves a bonus after a season of battle.

FIFA introduced this week the winners of the revamped Membership World Cup would take residence £97million, assuming they gained their group stage matches as properly.

Metropolis are one of many taking part groups in the USA, with the competitors getting underway on June 15, however requested if the supervisor or gamers would obtain a share of that, Guardiola stated: “We don’t deserve it this season. We don’t deserve a bonus this season.

“If we go there and win, it’s for the membership. Managers, workers, backroom workers, gamers; we don’t deserve [a bonus]. Not even a watch.”

Bournemouth tie big for Metropolis

Metropolis’s hopes of clinching a fifth successive Premier League title evaporated a number of weeks in the past and so they presently sit fifth within the desk, lodged in a battle to complete in a Champions League spot.

Their remaining likelihood of silverware this season is within the FA Cup and so they face a difficult quarter-final tie at Bournemouth on Sunday.

Metropolis misplaced 2-1 on the Vitality Stadium in November and Guardiola is anticipating one other robust sport towards a group that play with nice depth underneath Andoni Iraola.

“They’ve a particular approach of enjoying and it really works with the gamers and the concepts that they’ve,” stated the previous Barcelona boss. “Each group performs in a selected approach and so they do it very well. Different groups are extra direct, different groups need extra crosses.”

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— Manchester Metropolis (@ManCity) March 27, 2025

Guardiola coy on De Bruyne future

The Membership World Cup has added a possible headache for Metropolis with the Premier League opening an extra switch window from June 1 to June 10 to allow golf equipment to bolster their squads and tie present gamers right down to new offers earlier than the event will get underway.

This opens the opportunity of Kevin De Bruyne, who’s out of contract on the finish of this season, departing sooner than scheduled.

Requested in regards to the Belgium playmaker’s future on the Etihad, Guardiola stated: “It’s between the membership and Kevin and his agent.

“Within the place that I’m in, we’re simply involved in regards to the group and ending the season in one of the best place doable. Now we have to consider one of the best factor for the membership with the FA Cup, the Premier League and the Membership World Cup.”

Guardiola additionally gave a cautious reply to a query asking if injured midfielder Rodri may very well be again for the Membership World Cup.

He stated: “It will be good if he might play tomorrow however [that would be] the fallacious choice proper now. He’s behaving on the pitch very well however competitors is totally different. Now we have to make certain he’s tremendous earlier than he’s concerned.”

A visit to the Vitality Stadium for our #FACup quarter-final 👊

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— Manchester Metropolis (@ManCity) March 26, 2025

Guardiola insists the FA Cup will all the time be necessary to Metropolis

Metropolis head to the South Coast as favourites to win the FA Cup and hope to increase their outstanding document of reaching the semi-finals to a seventh successive 12 months.

Guardiola has all the time taken the cup competitions severely and he says that stance shouldn’t be about to alter.

“We see each week within the Premier League and might show it once more within the FA Cup. I bear in mind at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, in England the largest factor is each group can beat each group,” he stated.

“I’ve seen groups like Liverpool who’ve accomplished superb within the Premier League, as have Arsenal, however the remainder of the groups, the whole lot can occur.

“We take the FA Cup severely just like the Carabao Cup prior to now once we gained it 4 instances in a row.”